I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes, I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

France seems to interest herself mainly in high art and seduction.

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.

That joke was lost on the foreigner—guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.

A man's private thought can never be a lie; what he thinks, is to him the truth, always.

After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.